Regardless, the total was less than half of what I normally devour in a year — a little over one a month. No matter. I’d like to think I’m doing this instead.

Still, I’d like to read more next year. So before starting The Space Merchants, The Power Broker, and a dozen more samples I have downloaded to my Kindle, these are the books I enjoyed most in 2015:

The Last Place on Earth. Roland Huntford’s account of the 1911 South Pole race between Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott is well-researched, inspiring, and downright legendary. I adore it.

Console Wars. This non-fiction by Blake Harris has it all: your childhood, the answer to your next marketing challenge, cultural divides, innocence, under bellies, triumph, and loss. It’s also a whole lotta fun.

Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage. If it weren’t for a slow second quarter where very little happens, I would rank this much higher. There are parts in the third quarter where I was gulping and gasping, it’s so intense.

From Russia With Love. Wildly regarded as the greatest James Bond novel, the real star of the book is the menacing villain (aka Grant).

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I’ve been snatching up Ian Fleming’s Bond novels on Amazon when they go on sale. I think I paid around $2 or $3 for each of them on Kindle so far. I just recently bought From Russia With Love and am looking forward to it!